Chapter 641 - Love At First Sight (Patreon)

With the legendary bananas in Stripey’s hands emitting their unique presence, the demonic monkey immediately realized that someone was hiding high in the sky and had stolen its long-awaited treasure.

This naturally enraged the demonic monkey to the extreme. It broke out of its disguise and unleashed an earth-shaking roar that caused the ground to tremble violently. Trees swayed from the force alone, and the roar itself carried enough power to dispel Jade’s stealth technique, revealing the three of them in the sky.

Hearing the powerful roar, all the demonic beasts that had been fantasizing about the legendary bananas and unknowingly creeping closer immediately snapped back to reality. Panic overtook them. They scattered in every direction, fleeing for their lives without a second thought.

“Hehehe. That’s quite a roar. It can even dispel techniques. Time to go!” Jade said excitedly and took off with Leyvi and Stripey in the direction they had come from.

It no longer mattered that the stealth had been broken. They were trying to lure the monkey after all.

And of course, Jade did not fly at full speed so that the demonic monkey could catch up with them.

Seeing the group of thieves running away, the demonic monkey transformed itself into a falcon and chased after them at lightning speed, quickly closing the distance.

“So this monkey’s bloodline power allows it to transform into various things? Interesting.” Leyvi muttered.

The next moment he gathered himself completely and began focusing. There was no time to lose. His expression grew steady, eyes locked ahead as he prepared for what was coming.

When he opened his mouth again, a rhythmic mantra echoed within the flight barrier, calm and measured.

While Leyvi was trying to enter the Zenith State, his mantra also awakened Stripey from his trance.

It seemed the legendary bananas exuded a captivating and intoxicating aura that put living beings into a high state almost like a drug. More accurately, it released a far-reaching unique aura that also acted as an aroma. The sensation was rich and almost hypnotic, wrapping around the mind the moment it touched the senses.

As evidence, when Jade passed through the vast forest, even if only for a blink of an eye, the unique aura seemed to reach every creature below instantly. Beasts stopped in their tracks, lifted their heads, and began searching the sky for the source. A simple aroma could never achieve something like that.

“Umm?” Stripey blinked, looking at the legendary bananas in his hand in confusion.

What had he been doing just now? After obtaining the bananas, he could not recall.

ROOOAAARRR!

Stripey was startled. He saw the approaching demonic monkey roar again as it launched an attack by swinging a ridiculously huge and long staff.

Jade saw the incoming strike and evaded it swiftly by swerving to the left. Then she increased her flying speed to create some distance again.

BOOM!

The missed strike landed on the ground with tremendous force, splitting the land open in a deep, jagged scar that stretched for hundreds of meters. Trees were uprooted, soil and rock were thrown into the air, and the entire area was left in ruins. Hundreds of demonic beasts that had been unaware down below were caught in the attack. It was unknown how many had survived.

After the staff shrank back to the size of a needle, the demonic monkey put it away and transformed into the same falcon again, continuing the chase without pause.

This naturally did not escape Leyvi’s observation even while he was chanting the mantra. He noted the details carefully. The demonic monkey’s bloodline power could not only transform its own body. It could also transform other objects, changing their size and form at will. That made the creature more versatile and dangerous than he had first assumed.

At the same time, Stripey, still shaken by the attack, immediately moved closer to Jade’s side for protection. He could not go to Leyvi because he knew Leyvi was about to engage the demonic monkey.

Stripey felt it was too dangerous to keep holding the legendary bananas out in the open, so he opened his pocket dimension to store them away. But when he tried to put them in, the pocket dimension seemed to reject the bananas completely. No matter how he pushed, the space simply refused to accept them.

This left Stripey thoroughly confused. Something like this had never happened before. His pocket dimension had always taken in whatever he wanted without any resistance.

He tried again with more force, but to his horror the space around the pocket dimension began to warp and tremble. Fine cracks of instability flickered at the edges. Stripey stopped at once, heart racing. He naturally knew the consequences if the space collapsed.

Once he stopped forcing the bananas inside, the space slowly stabilized again.

As he let out a long, relieved sigh, he found himself wondering just what these legendary bananas actually were. Something that could reject even his pocket dimension was far beyond anything he had handled before.

“Hehehe. Little monkey. Your pocket dimension is still too low level for this. It can’t contain a treasure of this grade yet. In fact, not even our best space rings can keep it. Let me help you deal with it.” Jade said while still paying attention to their flight.

Stripey hesitated. Should he give them to her or not?

“Give them to her. Let Sister Jade deal with the bananas.” Leyvi’s voice reached Stripey’s ears.

Brilliant golden light flared the moment Leyvi spoke. The glow spread from his head and washed over his entire body. He had entered the Zenith State. His presence suddenly felt denser, heavier, and filled with focused power.

“Umm!” Stripey nodded, no longer hesitating. He handed the bananas over to Jade. He had complete trust in whatever Leyvi said.

Jade took them and immediately executed a sealing technique. Dozens of glowing symbols formed in the air around the bananas, rotating slowly before locking into place. The symbols then flowed together like liquid light, wrapping tightly around the entire bunch until no gap remained.

The moment the technique was completed, the golden glow of the bananas dimmed completely. The unique aura they had been emitting vanished at once.

The effect was immediate. All the surrounding creatures no longer looked up in the direction of the legendary bananas whenever Jade passed across the sky.

The demonic monkey became even more enraged after it could no longer sense the legendary bananas. Its falcon form let out a terrifying screech and sped up further, determined to catch them.

Leyvi was not surprised that Jade could do something like this. She had said she used to handle treasures of this nature frequently in the past, after all.

Thankfully he had not taken the bananas from Stripey and stored them in his internal storage room right away. The thought alone made him feel a quiet wave of relief. If he had done so, his biggest secret would have been exposed without any real need.

His internal storage room could even hold a fraction of Divinity. No matter how high the grade of these bananas, there was no way they could compare with that.

He had not known that the legendary bananas could not be kept in a space ring. If he had tried to store them himself, Jade would have realized at once that he possessed something far superior to any ordinary space ring.

As much as he trusted her, that did not mean he should reveal all his secrets for no reason. Some things were better left hidden unless absolutely necessary.

After she finished the seal, Jade gave the bananas back to Stripey with a smile.

“I’m ready, Sister Jade! Make a small opening so I can go out!” Leyvi said, his voice filled with blazing fighting spirit.

“Hehehe. Good luck. If you’re in trouble, your big sis will become the heroine and save the day. Don’t make me come out there, okay?” Jade laughed, her tone light and teasing.

The next moment a narrow opening appeared at the back of the flight barrier. Leyvi shot out through it at once and burst toward the incoming demonic monkey.

“Hahaha! Your opponent is me!” he shouted.

Almost instantly, Leyvi conjured the biggest and most powerful spiritual hand he had ever created. The invisible construct formed in an instant, fingers curling into a massive fist that stretched far larger than any he had used before. He aimed it straight forward with full force.

Though it remained invisible, its sheer size and speed made the air tremble violently. Pressure waves rippled ahead of it, making the presence of the gigantic fist unmistakable even without being seen.

Just as Leyvi’s enormous punch was about to hit the demonic monkey’s falcon form, the creature suddenly vanished at blinding speed and reappeared above him. It was back in its monkey form, legs already locked tightly onto Leyvi’s shoulder.

So fast!

Leyvi was shocked by how quickly the demonic monkey had moved in that single instant. Not only had it closed the distance, it had completely avoided his gigantic invisible fist as if the attack had never been a threat.

He had no time to dwell on it. The crushing grip on his shoulder was already overwhelming. If it continued even a moment longer, he was certain his shoulder would be torn apart.

Before he could release an all-out burst of spiritual pressure to force the General Level demonic monkey off him, his body was shoved downward with tremendous force. He plummeted into the forest and crashed deep into the ground, the impact shaking his entire frame.

BOOM!

A moment later, before Leyvi could even recover, an even stronger impact struck nearby.

BOOOOM!

The entire area exploded with devastating force, as if a meteor had crashed down from the sky. Trees were flattened, earth was thrown into the air, and the shockwave rolled outward in every direction.

Leyvi, still deep underground, was blasted sideways by the earth-shattering force. Pain flared through his body as he realized what had just hit him.

What had fallen like a meteor right after him was his own gigantic invisible fist. Somehow it had not dispersed after he lost control of it.

In other words, he had become the victim of his own power.

Up in the sky, Jade was left speechless by the outcome.

The demonic monkey had not cared about Leyvi at all. It had simply used his body as a stepping stone to launch itself upward in an incredibly powerful leap, landing cleanly on top of the flight barrier. Its eyes still burned with fury as it scanned for the missing treasure.

There was only the legendary bananas in its mind… until those same eyes landed on Stripey for the first time.

The female General Level demonic monkey froze for a brief second. Then, without any warning, it fell in love at first sight.